TERM PROJECT
Your term project is a research proposal related to the general concept of using social media (generally perceived as “amateur”) within the professional world.

This is NOT a proposal for the actual project. Rather, it's a proposal of the research you would need to undertake to actually put the project together. In other words, you're just gathering the sources you would ordinarily need to explain a new project to your colleagues/manager. This means you'll be only doing the research necessary to figure out what your ideal sources are, what your question should be, a tentative answer, and provide a sense of who is your intended audience (in real life, not in the class).

As a byproduct, I'm hoping that the research you undertake will make for invigorating discussion, both in class and on the www.flipthemedia.com blog.

This term project is your focus for the rest of the quarter. It is broken down into seven deliverables. Please use Collect-It to submit, unless otherwise instructed:

Deliverable 1: Preliminary Thought Letter Due April 17th, 6 p.m.

Deliverable 2: Preliminary Question and Answer (Problem and Hypothesis)

Deliverable 3: Preliminary List of Sources: Due May 1st, 6 p.m.

Deliverable 4: Extensive Thought Letter: Due May 8th, 6 p.m.

Deliverable 5: Pitching the Research Proposal: in-class, Weeks 7-9

Deliverable 6: The Final Proposal due June 12 6 p.m.